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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

LOUIS BOUANET, OF IVRY-PORT, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR T0 COIlIPAGNIE DAPPLIGATIONB MECANIQUES, 0F IVRY-PORT, FRANCE.

VERIFYING APPARATUS.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, Louis ROUANE'I', citizen of the Re ublic of France, residing at Rue Frank in, Ivry-Port, Seine, in the Republic of France, have invented new and useful Improvements in Verifying Ap' aratus, of which the following is a speci cation.

The object of lthe present invention is 0 .method for verification of the radius of an annulargroove of any desired section, and also of the position of this groove in relation to various planes perpendicular to the axis. The principal idea involved in the invent-ion consists in placin the-groove to be verified against a fixed cy inder inwhose axis is a. small spring-mounted pointer so designed as to be constantly pressed a ainst the bottom of the portion" to be ver' ed or at the middle of the arc determinedbylth two points of contact witlrthe cylinder.' The variations of the position occupied by this pointer are observed by means of a suitably disposed amplifying device designed to indlcate the various heights of the above men'- tioned arc. The piece to be verified is placed in the apparatus so that the chord of the arc thus formed shall be always parallel to.

the axis of said ieee, in order. to permit the use of a second) amplifying device whose pointer rests upon one face of the piece, and it thus indicates the exact distance between this fface andthe axial plane of the groove.

The invention relates still more particu# lar-ly to an apparatus which is especially designed for verificationY of the radius of an annular groove section .forming the surface or rolling way for outen bali-bearing rings, and the position of thisradius with ref-'erence to the faces of such rings. In this a paratus, the principle employed is that t e surface of the rolling way is placed at two points on the samemeridian against the aforesaid fixed cylinder. It is understood that the ringI is placed so that the chord of thc arc is always parallel to the axis of said ring. so as to allow of verifying the distances between the faces o f the ring and the axial plane of the annular groove.

This invention `also consists in employing with the apparatus a. set of standards formed ot portions of bored and rectified cylinders having rliticrent radii which of course correspond to the radii of the different groove surfaces to bc verified. When it is desired Specificatie); of Letters Patent.

Applicaties 'nieu August 4, nur. lema no. 134,494.

to verif a sries of rings having groove suriaces o the same radius, the apparatus need only be adjusted by the use of the correspending standard.

The present device will be better understood by referring to the accompanying' drawings.

Figure 1 represents a front view of the apparatus.

ig. 2 is a vertical section.

Figs. 3 and 1v are two sections showing the method of mounting the standard for' adjustmeht of the apparatus.

The 'present apparatus is designed for verification of all slzes of rings, and it coml prises a base 1 which can be fixed in any suitable manner upon a table 2, the base be ing cxtehded below by a cylindrical portion 3 which asses freely through an opening 4 in the ta le. The top 4of the base forms a rectangular block 5 which carries a trans- 'versal groove 6.' At the center of the base is to adjust the height of the head 9. A spring 13 is disposed between the bottom 14 of. the base and the head 9 in which'latter are insorted two cylinders 15 by driving fit. In another threaded hole 16 on the base 1 is screwed the cylindrical rod 17 belonging to a piece 18 which latter carries a groove 32 cut on the milling machine. Through this groove passes asmall shaft 19 which holds the pointer-carrier 20, the latter being mounted on a pivot; the pointer-carrier'can bc set at any desired height-by means of the milled set screw 33.

A small spring plunger 21 is dis osed within the boss 28 of the piece 18, an this plunger serves to lock the pointer carrier in a fixed position. 'In this pointer-carrier are mounted on the one hand the fixed cylinder latter can be et in any desired position by means of the screw 27, The variations of the pointer 23 are transmitted t0 the pointer 29 of the amplifying device 26 through a pivoted beam 30 mounted within the rod 24 upon two small screws 3 1 whlch serve to form a. pivot together with'ithe-two opposite pointed portlons of the beam. A ring 34 is moimted with one end on the eam 3U and the other on the pointer-carrier 20, and it serves to keep the pointer 30 constantly pressed against the groove surface b5 of the ring 36.

A second amplifying device is mounted so that its ointerl 38 -comes in Contact with the front ace -39 of the ring, and. it indicates the variations in distance between said front face and the axial plane of the groove surface. This amplifying device is disposed so that it can be separated according to the thickness of the diEerent rings to be veri fied, and to this end the cylindrical head 40 u on which it is mounted can slide within a ho e in the pin 41, and this latter pin also slides within a small sleeve 42. This sleeve is also traversed by the rod 40. The in 41 traverses the two lugs of a shaft colar 43 which is dis osed to slide upon the cylindrical rod 44, t is rod bein held in a hole in the base 1 by means of t e milled screw 45. The use of the single nut 46 threaded upon the end of the pin 41 allows of fixing at the same time the collar 43 on the rod 44, and the rod 40 in the hole of the sleeve 42, and this operation adjusts the amplifying device in the vertical sense as well as ad] usting it as a greater or less distance from the front face of the ring under veriication.

The method of verifying a series of rings by the use of this apparatus is as follows: In the first place, the apparatus is calibrated with a standard which corresponds to the radius of the annular groove under verification. To this eifect the standard 47 is placed without side play in the .groove 48 of the rectiied block 49, and this block is disposed so as to bear upon the two cylinders 1 5-of the head 9, which latter is pressed in the sense of the arrow A by the spring 13 against the fixed cylinder 22 (Figs. 3 and 4). The movement of the head 9 is limited by operat. ing the milled head 12. The pointer-carrier is locked in its operative position by the plunger 21. When this plunger is drawn back against its s ring, this movement allows of placing t e .pointer-carrier in the inoperative posltion by turning it upon its shaft 19 in the sense of the arrow B (Fig. 2). The ,standard "47' is'4 pressed by the spring 13 against the fixed cylinder 22, and the verifying pointer 23 is held against the surface of the annular groove by the spring 34., The am lifying device 26 is turned so as to bring t e Yzero of the graduated scale olpposite the needle, and when this is done, t e ring 36 to be verified is substituted for the block 49. The variations of radius are now indicated in the amplifying device 26 by the differences in the 'heights of' the arc formed by the groove surface 35, the fixed cylinder 22 and the pointer 23. The second amplifying device 37 is mounted so that its pointer 38 comes in Contact with the face 39 of the ring 36, and the zero mark of the scale is also brought opposite its needle, whereupon the amplifyin device shows the diierences'which m'ay exlst between the actual distance from said face to the axial plane of the groove surface and the normal value of said distance. It is understood that the device is not limited to rings 'for ballbearings, but can be employed for any other piece carrying a groove of any kind, and this can be verified by the use of a suitably designed apparatus constructed and operat- .ed upon the above principles.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An apparatus for verifying the radins and the position of the groove in a bali bearing rlng, comprising a cylinder, means for appl ingI one end of said cylinder against the sur ace of the groovel 'means for holdin the ball bearing ring with its axis paral el to said end of the cylinder, a pointer movable along the axis of the cylinder, means for causing the pointer to bear against the surface of the groove, means for measuring the displacement of said pointer with respect to the cylinder from a predetermined position, a pointer adapted to bear against a side face of the ring and means for measuring the displacement of said pointer with respect to a predetermined position.

2. An apparatus for verifying the radius and the position of the groove in a ball bearing ring, comprising a cylinder, a laterally swinging supporting member for said cylinder, means for holding said supporting member `in operative position whereby the cylinder is adapted to bear one of its ends against the surface of t e groove, a pointer movable along. the axis of the cylinder, means carried by the supporting mem- .ber for causin the said pointer to bear against the Vsur ace of the groove, means on saidsupporting member for measuring the 'displacement of said pointer with respect 4'to the cyiinder from a predetermined position, spring actuated means for holding the ball bearin ring with its axis parallel to the said cnaf of the cylinder, a pointer adapted to bear against aside face of the ring and means for measuring the displacement of saidV pointer with respect to a predetermined perdition.l

3. An apparatus for verifying the radius and position of a groove, containmg, in coman arm forming part of said amplifyin device and dis ose bination, a base, adjustable means provided upon sald base for holding the piece to be verified, a swingin r pointer-carrier. adjustable means provide upon said base for holding said pomter-carrier, a cylinder mounted at one `end of said pointer-carrier and. against which is pressed the `oovc of place i to be verified, a.pointelr,work1ng within said fp cylinder and making contact with the groove to be verified, an amplifying device, a contact piece carried by said amplifying device, a pivoted beam having one end in contact with the above-mentioned pointer and the other end in contact with said contact piece, means provided upon said pointeri carrier for ho ding said amplifyingr devlce and said beam, a withdrawing spring con'- necting the beam with the pointers-carrier, means for maintaining the pointer-carrier in the operative positlon, a second amplifying device, a contact piece carried by said amplifying device and adapted for making contact with one 'of the side faces of the piece to be verified, and adjustable means provided upon the base for hol :ling said second amplifying device, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

4. An apparatus for verifying theradius and lposition of a Igroove containing in combination, a base aving a lateral hole, adjustable means provided upon said base for holding the piece to be verified, a swingirg pointer-carrier, adjustable means provid upon said base for holding said pointercarrier, a cylinder mounted at one endA of said pointer-carrier and against which is pressed the groove of piece to be veried, a pointer working within said cylinder and making contact with the groove to be veri- Vfied, an amplifying device, a contact piece carried by said amplifying device, a plvoted beam having one end in contact with the above-mentioned pointer and the other end in contact with said contact piece, a rod mounted on the pointer-carrier which rod is traversed by said beam and has a hole in its upper part, a pair of pivot screws disposed within said rod and supporting said beam,

to slide in the ole o said rod, means or retaining the arm of the amplifying device in the fixed position, a withdrawing spring connecting the beam with the pointer-carrier, means for maintaining the pointer-carrier inthe operative position, a second amplifying device, a contact device carried by said amplifying deviceand adapted for making contact with one of the side faces of the 4ieee to be verified, a rod fixed in the latera hole in the base, a screw for retainin saidrod in fixed position, a split collar s idng upon said rod, a pin traversing said split collar, a sleeve surrounding said pin, an arm fixed t0 the second amplifying device above mentioned and traversing said sleeve and said piu, and a nut screwed upon said in which clamps said rod and said collar 1n fixed position, substantially as described and for .the purpose `set forth...

5. An: apparatus for, th Tal@:nsliiiiion of kagruaversell;tel f In rodjniovable in said hole and carrying at theV top4 a head movable in said groove, a

cradles spring disposed between-the bottom of said y Y baseand said movable head, a threaded regi` y traversing the andscrewing ginto sai ff head, `twocylindera inserted by drivingfit Yinto said heafdapd-hcldingthe piece tobi?. i. i

verified, a piecefprovidedwitlr aprod Emory; able within another bored hole inthe base, a

screw for retaining said piece in a fixed position, a pivot shaft provided in said piece, a pointer carrier mounted to pivot around said shaft, a cylinder mounted at one end of said pointer carrier and'against which is pressed the groove of the piece to be verified, a

pointer working` within said cylinder and making contact with the groove to be verified, an ampifyingdevice, a contact piece carried by said amplifying device, a pivoted having one end in contact with the above-mentioned pointer -and the other end 1n contact with. said contact piece, a rod mounted on the pointer-carrier which rod is traversed by said beam and has a hole in the upper part. a pair of :pivot screws dis osed within said rod and supportin said am, an armforming part of sai amplifying device and disposed to slide in the hole of said rod, a screw carried by said rod and disposed for retaining the arm of the amplifying device in a. fixed position, a withdrawing spring connecting the beam with the pointer-carrier, a plunger carried by the piece which holds the shaft of the pointercarrier, iwhich plunger maintains said pointer-carrier in an operative position, a

spring acting on said plunger, a second amplifying device, a contact piece carried by said amplifying device and adapted for makmg contact with one of the side faces of the piece to be veriiied,'a rod fixed in the lateral hole in the base, a screw for retainin said rod in a fixed position, a split collar s iding upon said rod, a pin traversing said split collar, a sleeve surrounding said pin, an arm fixed to the second amplifying` device above mentioned and traversing said sleeve and said pin, and a nutscrewed upon saidpin for clamping said rod and said collar in afixed position, substantially as described'and for the purpose set. forth.

6. Anapparatus for verifying the radius and position of a groove, containing in combination: a base, adjustable means provided upon said base for holding the piece to he verified, a rectified blockV adaptable upon the 

